Dell Mini 12
Its a shame Dell discontinued this thing. 12" LCD, 5 hours of battery life, less than an inch thick, and a 60GB hdd for less than $300 is a steal.
This thing rivals some $2000+ ultraportables if you can afford to wait a few extra seconds for programs to load. The touchpad is roomy, the keyboard is easy to type on, and it includes bluetooth, 3 x usb 2.0 ports, and an SD card reader.
With the 6 cell battery and the power adapter it weighs almost exactly 3lbs.
The problem, it takes sales away from Dell's higher end ultra portable systems, and the users who buy it are expecting a lot more processing power from it than they get. But I run office 2007 suite, firefox 3.5, and a java ME sdk with no problems at all. I also have the entire drive encrypted which runs in the background unnoticeable.
The suspend/resume in XP is quick and clean and almost never lags on finding a wireless signal by the time I've logged back in.
This thing rivals some $2000+ ultraportables if you can afford to wait a few extra seconds for programs to load. The touchpad is roomy, the keyboard is easy to type on, and it includes bluetooth, 3 x usb 2.0 ports, and an SD card reader.
With the 6 cell battery and the power adapter it weighs almost exactly 3lbs.
The problem, it takes sales away from Dell's higher end ultra portable systems, and the users who buy it are expecting a lot more processing power from it than they get. But I run office 2007 suite, firefox 3.5, and a java ME sdk with no problems at all. I also have the entire drive encrypted which runs in the background unnoticeable.
The suspend/resume in XP is quick and clean and almost never lags on finding a wireless signal by the time I've logged back in.
posted by notladstyle at 9/29/2009 01:27:00 AM
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